What brought murders down in Compton, Calif. this year was a strategy that has worked elsewhere: flood an area with cops, target the gangs, put their leaders in prison. As the FBI reports a rise in violent crime around the nation, Compton is on a pace for its lowest rates in more than two decades.

The final season of Monday Night Football on ABC starts Thursday with the Oakland Raiders playing against the New England Patriots. Adding extras such as Jimmy Kimmel and Tim McGraw during halftime makes executives and people associated with the show hopeful the show leaves ABC on top.